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Looking back on the conference Connecting Practices 2018
On Friday January 19th, the Muntgebouw in Utrecht was filled with the chatter of about 200 people, already active in the field of responsible innovation, or interested to join.
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Conference Connecting Practices: insights from the industry
What is there to gain for a company by engaging in responsible innovation initiatives? During the conference Connecting Practices, representatives of industry revealed a myriad of motives.
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The MVI approach: a gain for society
‘If we can do better by innovation tomorrow, we have an obligation to innovate today.’ That motto from the NWO-MVI movie clip shown during 'Connecting practices' is the leading principle for the MVI-approach, illustrated member of the NWO-MVI Committee and Professor at Delft University of Technology Jeroen Van den Hoven during the closing debate.
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Connecting practices: sure, but how?
How does a cooperation between academic researchers and public and private partners in the field of responsible innovation come about? What are the challenges, and how to overcome them? During the conference Connecting practices, ample best practices were shared, and during several workshops possible solutions and suggestions were discussed for practical problems that can arise when working on a (sensitive) societal issue.
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Granted NWO-MVI projects 2016
Within NWO-MVI, nine new research projects, all related to the top sectors, were honored at the beginning of 2017. These projects identify early ethical and social issues of (technological) innovations, to make sure these can be taken into account in the innovation process. This increases the level of acceptance among stakeholders.
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Conference Connecting Practices: presentations of research projects
During the first day of the two-day NWO-MVI conference Connecting practices, researchers met for an intimate meeting at the Muntgebouw in Utrecht.
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Project update
Developing & Implementing Smart Grids in India
Video introduction by Johanna Höffken to the Dutch Government NWO-MVI funded 'Developing & Implementing Smart Grids in India' project based at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
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Infographic on NWO-MVI approach
Identifying ethical and social issues at an early stage and taking these into account in the design process will lead to responsible innovations that enjoy broad social consensus. This approach also reduces failures or costly adaptations at a later stage.
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Verantwoord bedrijfsmodel voor Afrikaanse gewassen
How should African countries implement intellectual property rights in such a way that they encourage organisations to focus their innovative capacities on breeding local plant varieties, while at the same time protecting smallholders? Project leader Bram de Jonge is trying to find an answer.